Seattle: Photographs

My days were spent on my own just exploring and taking pictures but a few of my evenings were spent with about 10-15 of Sean's co-workers. I was the only wife/girlfriend that was able to take 7 days to travel to Seattle. Sometimes this unemployment thing is a gift as my sister Emma pointed out. Hopefully I'll remember that tomorrow if I feel the urge to throw myself a pity party.

Anyway, these guys are ridiculously smart. One guy mentioned that he had graduated from MIT and Sean grinned and said he got his masters at SUNY IT. That made me giggle out loud.

I thought I would zone out during dinners being the only gal in the group but I found myself enjoying the chatter. These guys are senior operation managers, design engineers, human resource directors, area managers, etc. of Amazon. They have this language full of technical terms that I just had to nod my head at and pretend to understand. The one thing I could relate to was that we all love Amazon. It was fascinating hearing about the process that gets the items you order online, to your front door.

As I listened to them talk, it dawned on me that Sean is like them, that he is one of them. It is easy to forget that your husband is rather smart when he dries a top you've said several times not to dry in the dryer, when he tackles a rugby player twice his size without thinking of consequences or when he brings you home a fish sandwich with tartar sauce when he knows how much you despise tartar sauce.

But those nights in Seattle, listening to him talk with his peers I developed new respect for Sean. I just felt so proud of him and knowing how hard he has worked to get where he is at humbles me incredibly. The great thing is that the best is yet to come with that guy.

Bad news - I still have more Seattle pictures.